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GRCC rep soft to the CORP
On Friday, Oct. 14, the second
annual fall meeting of 1977 for
CORP took place at Columbia
Basin Community College in
Pasco, Washington.
Green River was represented by
newly appointed administrative
assistant, Jack Stasko, during the
three day conference. CORP
stands for the Council of Represen­tatives
and Presidents, with mem­bership
extended to all state com­munity
colleges in Washington
State.
The purpose of CORP is to be the
official voice of all elected student
governments on policies and pro­cedures
concerning the population
of active community colleges in.
this organization.
During the three day confer­ence,
Stasko took the official stand
for Green River on many impor­tant
matters. However, during one
of the very first votes at the
neetmg, Stasko voted against ex­tending
voting rights to the col­leges
who were not official mem­bers
of CORP. The reasoning for
this was based on the principle that
colleges who do not pay their dues
to join CORP should not have equal
voting priviieges. It was also noted
that during the voting to allocate
equal voting rights, the non-paying
colleges actually got to vote on
whether they could have the right
to vote. So far only 10 colleges have
paid dues and were the only eligi­ble
voters. There were 18 colleges
-represented at the conference. As
the matter was clarified, a new
vote was taken by full members
only. The result was six yes, three
no, one abstain. Voting rights were
extended to all 18 colleges.
Green River representative
Stasko felt that such occurences
GRCC students
want more TP
Parking seemed to be of the
highest concern among students
according to a recent poll taken by
the CURRENT.
When aked ·what they felt needed
improving at GRCC, students ans­wered,
"the Lea Hills parking lot
can be paved", "reduced rates on
parking", and "more parking
spaces".
Other suggestions were to have
more tissue paper in the restrooms
and to keep the maintenance
people with trucks off the walk­ways.
Most people chose GRCC be­cause
of the location, the campus
and the selection of courses.
The campus, teachers, friendly
atmosphere, and freedom are what
the students enjoy the most.
Then there was a student who
had a different outlook on the
whole situation. To the following
questions she answered: Why did
you pick GRCC? "GRCC picked
me". How long have you been a
student here? "About S' 7". What
do you feel needs improving at
GRCC, and what are your sugges­tions
for improving it? "My
grades ... which can only be im­proved
through hard work, study,
drinking milk and other American
activities". What do you like about
GRCC? "Its location ... right in the
middle of this roaring metropolis".
should be avoided in the fuJure by
being more organized in planning,
and to make sure that other rep­re
sen tati ves be clear on the
legalities of future motions of
cordialness.
Also brought up in the meeting
was notification to colleges of the
new Congressional law in effect on
Jan. 1, 1978 concerning the
'Copyright Law. This law in effect,
states that when a band is hired on
a campus and plays another artist's
material, the college, not the enter­tainer
performing, would be re­sponsible
to pay the artist for the
song performed.
CORP has . stated they would
want to purchase a house in Olym­pia,
to be shared with other
organizations, as CORP head­quarters.
Bob Batson, President of CORP,
was concerned with abuses on
some campus' with their Service
and Activities fees. Batson feels
that too many schools are being
abused. He asked that information
be provided to him on budgets of
the S and A fees to research
specific alleged abuses.
On Saturday evening, a display
of emotion was done under official
minutes. This display took the
form of a demonstration in support
of CORP and President Bob
Batson.
Green River, one delegate from
Lower Columbia, and Skagit Valley
did not participate in this display.
The official Green River stand was
that the representative was not to
participate in this demonstration
for any personal reasons, and that
Green River's only commitment to
the CORP meeting was to gather
information for its students. The
whole display was viewed by
Stasko as a "pseudo pep
rally." The motion was made by
Bob Winicky from Shoreline, after
the display, to show in the minutes
that a "interpersonal communica­tion
exercise" took place in the
previous minutes. The motion was
carried.
On Sunday, CORP discussed im­balanced
lab fees and a further
study on an official stand will be
made by CORP in the future.
Vol. XIII No.3 Thursday, Oct. 27, 1977 Green River Community College
Holt says
No grades, no credits, no degrees
By Patricia Barce
When John Holt addressed the
patiently waiting audience last
Wednesday night in the Lindbloom
Student Center, there was a great
deal of wonder in their faces.
What they saw was a man de­scribed
as being "down to earth".
Indeed, this is the perfect way to
define John Holt, author of several
books including "How Children
Learn," "How Children Fail," and
his most recent work, "Instead of
Education."
Holt is very basic in his appear­ance,
speech and his philosophies
on what can be done with children
in the educational system called
school.
"Most learning is not a result of
teaching," says Holt. A child can
learn the basics plus much more
out of school than in. He strongly
disagrees with the idea that" ... you
can only learn by someone called a
teacher. What is learned, he exp­lains,
does not equal what is
taught."
Holt, a former teacher, believes
in teaching children the basics
(reading, writing, arithmetic).
However, in our society today, the
terms "back-to-basics" and "basic
skills" have become a kind of code.
"What they are really saying is
kids should not be happy or in­terested
in school. It's not really
important that they learn arithme­tic;
nobody ever did."
Many adults cannot divide frac­tions
or multiply decimals and they
expect the schools to teach this to
their children.
Throughout his talk, Holt refer­red
to the term "compulsory
schools."
"Schools should not be allowed to
make official, permanent judge­ments
about people. That means no
grades, no transcripts, no credits,
no credentials, no degrees."
A person with a degr~e in some­thing
is no better than a person
without - but the person with a
degree in some field is regarded by
JOHN HOLT
... learning is not a result of teaching.
society, as highly educated. Holt
thinks it is a terrible thing to put a
"stamp" on individuals and mak­ing
them better or worse than
others.
Holt says that if a person sees .
something wrong in the world,
then that person should try to make
it better. Holt has given people an
alternative to dealing with the
school system and other institu­tions:
"Lets drive the hardest bargain
we can. When institutions do not
work for us, our life task is to find
out how to get out from under
them."

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GRCC rep soft to the CORP
On Friday, Oct. 14, the second
annual fall meeting of 1977 for
CORP took place at Columbia
Basin Community College in
Pasco, Washington.
Green River was represented by
newly appointed administrative
assistant, Jack Stasko, during the
three day conference. CORP
stands for the Council of Represen­tatives
and Presidents, with mem­bership
extended to all state com­munity
colleges in Washington
State.
The purpose of CORP is to be the
official voice of all elected student
governments on policies and pro­cedures
concerning the population
of active community colleges in.
this organization.
During the three day confer­ence,
Stasko took the official stand
for Green River on many impor­tant
matters. However, during one
of the very first votes at the
neetmg, Stasko voted against ex­tending
voting rights to the col­leges
who were not official mem­bers
of CORP. The reasoning for
this was based on the principle that
colleges who do not pay their dues
to join CORP should not have equal
voting priviieges. It was also noted
that during the voting to allocate
equal voting rights, the non-paying
colleges actually got to vote on
whether they could have the right
to vote. So far only 10 colleges have
paid dues and were the only eligi­ble
voters. There were 18 colleges
-represented at the conference. As
the matter was clarified, a new
vote was taken by full members
only. The result was six yes, three
no, one abstain. Voting rights were
extended to all 18 colleges.
Green River representative
Stasko felt that such occurences
GRCC students
want more TP
Parking seemed to be of the
highest concern among students
according to a recent poll taken by
the CURRENT.
When aked ·what they felt needed
improving at GRCC, students ans­wered,
"the Lea Hills parking lot
can be paved", "reduced rates on
parking", and "more parking
spaces".
Other suggestions were to have
more tissue paper in the restrooms
and to keep the maintenance
people with trucks off the walk­ways.
Most people chose GRCC be­cause
of the location, the campus
and the selection of courses.
The campus, teachers, friendly
atmosphere, and freedom are what
the students enjoy the most.
Then there was a student who
had a different outlook on the
whole situation. To the following
questions she answered: Why did
you pick GRCC? "GRCC picked
me". How long have you been a
student here? "About S' 7". What
do you feel needs improving at
GRCC, and what are your sugges­tions
for improving it? "My
grades ... which can only be im­proved
through hard work, study,
drinking milk and other American
activities". What do you like about
GRCC? "Its location ... right in the
middle of this roaring metropolis".
should be avoided in the fuJure by
being more organized in planning,
and to make sure that other rep­re
sen tati ves be clear on the
legalities of future motions of
cordialness.
Also brought up in the meeting
was notification to colleges of the
new Congressional law in effect on
Jan. 1, 1978 concerning the
'Copyright Law. This law in effect,
states that when a band is hired on
a campus and plays another artist's
material, the college, not the enter­tainer
performing, would be re­sponsible
to pay the artist for the
song performed.
CORP has . stated they would
want to purchase a house in Olym­pia,
to be shared with other
organizations, as CORP head­quarters.
Bob Batson, President of CORP,
was concerned with abuses on
some campus' with their Service
and Activities fees. Batson feels
that too many schools are being
abused. He asked that information
be provided to him on budgets of
the S and A fees to research
specific alleged abuses.
On Saturday evening, a display
of emotion was done under official
minutes. This display took the
form of a demonstration in support
of CORP and President Bob
Batson.
Green River, one delegate from
Lower Columbia, and Skagit Valley
did not participate in this display.
The official Green River stand was
that the representative was not to
participate in this demonstration
for any personal reasons, and that
Green River's only commitment to
the CORP meeting was to gather
information for its students. The
whole display was viewed by
Stasko as a "pseudo pep
rally." The motion was made by
Bob Winicky from Shoreline, after
the display, to show in the minutes
that a "interpersonal communica­tion
exercise" took place in the
previous minutes. The motion was
carried.
On Sunday, CORP discussed im­balanced
lab fees and a further
study on an official stand will be
made by CORP in the future.
Vol. XIII No.3 Thursday, Oct. 27, 1977 Green River Community College
Holt says
No grades, no credits, no degrees
By Patricia Barce
When John Holt addressed the
patiently waiting audience last
Wednesday night in the Lindbloom
Student Center, there was a great
deal of wonder in their faces.
What they saw was a man de­scribed
as being "down to earth".
Indeed, this is the perfect way to
define John Holt, author of several
books including "How Children
Learn," "How Children Fail," and
his most recent work, "Instead of
Education."
Holt is very basic in his appear­ance,
speech and his philosophies
on what can be done with children
in the educational system called
school.
"Most learning is not a result of
teaching," says Holt. A child can
learn the basics plus much more
out of school than in. He strongly
disagrees with the idea that" ... you
can only learn by someone called a
teacher. What is learned, he exp­lains,
does not equal what is
taught."
Holt, a former teacher, believes
in teaching children the basics
(reading, writing, arithmetic).
However, in our society today, the
terms "back-to-basics" and "basic
skills" have become a kind of code.
"What they are really saying is
kids should not be happy or in­terested
in school. It's not really
important that they learn arithme­tic;
nobody ever did."
Many adults cannot divide frac­tions
or multiply decimals and they
expect the schools to teach this to
their children.
Throughout his talk, Holt refer­red
to the term "compulsory
schools."
"Schools should not be allowed to
make official, permanent judge­ments
about people. That means no
grades, no transcripts, no credits,
no credentials, no degrees."
A person with a degr~e in some­thing
is no better than a person
without - but the person with a
degree in some field is regarded by
JOHN HOLT
... learning is not a result of teaching.
society, as highly educated. Holt
thinks it is a terrible thing to put a
"stamp" on individuals and mak­ing
them better or worse than
others.
Holt says that if a person sees .
something wrong in the world,
then that person should try to make
it better. Holt has given people an
alternative to dealing with the
school system and other institu­tions:
"Lets drive the hardest bargain
we can. When institutions do not
work for us, our life task is to find
out how to get out from under
them."